Interfaces within graphene nanoribbons

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wurm, J ^a,b   Wimmer, M ^a   Adagideli, I ^a,c   Richter, K ^a   Baranger, H U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; COMPLICATED STRUCTURES; CURVED STRUCTURE; DEGREE OF FREEDOM; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; GRAPHENES; NANORIBBONS; SUB-LATTICES;

ELECTRON GAS; ELECTRONS; GRAPHITE; LANDFORMS; NANOSTRUCTURES; WAVEGUIDES;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 70350118684     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/11/9/095022     Document Type: Article

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